the golden age
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Hip hop's "golden age" is a name given to a period in mainstream hip hop, usually cited as being a period varying in time frames during the 1980s and 1990s said to be characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence.
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The Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”; “Body Moving”
Run-DMC - “It’s Tricky”; “Walk This Way”
Public Enemy – “Harder Than You Think”
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The golden age is noted for its innovation – a time "when it seemed that every new single reinvented the genre”
Nothing in this era was contrived.
The most definitive feature of Hip-Hop from the golden age was how heavy sampling was used.
As we just heard a very versatile range of samples, and backing tracks were used.
Another characteristic of the golden age is the innovative and creative advances in rapping technique.
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The golden age came to being after the commercial success of Run-DMC.
The 1983 release of their single “It’s Like That”/”Sucker MCs” was well received by the public and critics, and soon after other Hip-Hop acts followed in the trio’s success by being more creative with their tracks.
The gangsta rap explosion brought about the end of the golden age in 1993.
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The golden years – Pt. 1
The golden years – Pt. 2